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One of the world's largest bitcoin exchanges, bitFlyer, has landed in the U.S. with a focus on institutional investors — a move that suggests bitcoin's days as a payments instrument are still a long way off.

Paytm Payments Bank is targeting to become the world’s largest digital bank with 500 million bank accounts and aims to turn into an integrated financial services company that offers everything from wealth management to share trading.

FCB will pay $88 million in cash and stock for Floridian in a deal that will boost its operations near Miami.

The company agreed to pay $169 million for First Evanston Bancorp in Illinois.

Tennessee-based CU has returned $71.5 million over the last 13 years.

HomeStreet's CEO said mortgage expansion and bank acquisitions — concerns highlighted recently by Blue Lion Capital — are helping the company diversify.

Bay Bancorp shareholders will get the added payouts if the Maryland bank's management settles a lawsuit and addresses a number of bad credits.

Black Friday is making headway with bargain-hunting U.K. consumers, but their 3 billion pounds ($4 billion) in spending is doing nothing to help Britain’s troubled retail centers.

After success in residential solar, the San Jose, Calif.-based credit union is financing solar systems for businesses.

Ancora Advisors has a history of pressing banks and thrifts to find buyers.

Transit agencies worldwide are attempting to eradicate cash and the bottlenecks that it causes from situations where customer throughput is paramount. But is this effort truly viable given the entrenched payment behaviors and requirements for serving everyone, even digital naysayers?

BMO Financial group will invest $2 million into a new artificial intelligence lab in Montreal designed to help startups make the transition from science projects to high-growth companies.

New York Venture Bank would be run be a former Square 1 executive and would feature former CFPB deputy director Raj Date on its board.

While many companies already have a compliance officer in place, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation requires a data protection officer, writes Sudeep Nadkarni, senior vice president and head of banking and financial services for NIIT Technologies.

The Michigan company, which lost more than $1.4 billion in the aftermath of the financial crisis, is trying to become more of a commercial lender. Its recent agreement to buy a deposit-rich franchise in California could help it get there.

Hoping to streamline the payment options across Europe, the European Payments Council has launched the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme.

CapStar claims Gaylon Lawrence violated the Change in Bank Control Act by building a 10% stake without prior Fed approval. The company says it's convinced Lawrence's long-term plan includes a hostile takeover.

Until FinCEN decides to explicitly regulate transaction laundering, we will not see an organized effort at the state level, writes Ron Teicher, CEO of EverCompliant.

Blue Lion Capital believes a heavy focus on mortgages and acquisitions is hurting HomeStreet's financial performance.

Beyond overall tax cuts, there's also potential benefits for investors in fintech and payments innovation, writes Rick Lazio, former Republican Representative from New York and current senior vice president at alliantgroup.